Scientific.Visualization.VMD.ShapeObject

Package Scientific :: Package Visualization :: Module VMD :: Class ShapeObject |
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# Class ShapeObject

    VMDObject --+
                |
               ShapeObject

Known Subclasses:
  - Cone
  - , Cube
  - , Cylinder
  - , Line
  - , Sphere

Graphics objects representing geometrical shapes

This is an abstract base class. Use one of the subclasses to generate graphics.

Instance Methods
__add__(self, other) |
__init__(self, attr) |
use(self, file) |
writeToFile(self, file) |
Inherited from `VMDObject`: `__copy__`, `__getitem__`, `__setitem__`

Class Variables
| attribute_names = ``[``'``comment``'``,` `'``material``'``]``

Method Details

### __init__(self, attr) (Constructor) |
Parameters: `attr` - graphics attributes specified by keywords `material` - color and surface properties `comment` - a comment that is written to the script file Overrides: VMDObject.__init__ (inherited documentation)

### writeToFile(self, file) |
Overrides: VMDObject.writeToFile